Color-wave-projection apparatus



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DINSHAH P. GHADIALI, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLOR-WAVE-PROJ ECTION APPARATUS.

Application inea september 1o, 1923. serial No. 661,894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DINsH'AH P. GHA'DI- ALI, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Colo-r-Wave-Projection Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to color wave projec- 10 tion apparatus intendedprimarily for use in the treatment of diseases by means of color; wavesemanating from selected portions ot the spectrum and it is my object toproduce a projector in which six color wave slides w1ll produce twelvecolors, which is so constructed that improper assembly of the colorSlide carriers and their improper insertion in the projector will beimpossible, in which locking means are provided to maintain the'properregister of the color slides, both with respect to one another and withthe lens system, which is provided with color traps to prevent undesiredcolor leakage and to protect the color slides not in use, which isprovided with visual indicators for the color slides and which. isprovided with cooling means to prevent breakage of the color slides andlens elements.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the projector; Fig. 2 asectional view through the color wave slide structure; Fig. 43ra frontview of the projector; Fig. 4 a front view of the colorI wave slidestructure with the color traps open; Fig. 5 a sectional view of thecolor wave slide carriers and shaft; Fig. 6 a view of the color waveslide carriers partly broken away to show the arrangement of the colorslides; Fig. 7 la detail view of the color slide carrier locking means;and Fig.` 8 a detail view of the color slide mounting on the carrier.

The projector comprises four principal parts. A lamp housing 1, a colorslide carrier 2, a lens system 3 and a cooling system 4, as Shown inFig. 1.

My invention relates primarily to the color slide carrier and to thecooling system whereby breakage of color slides is prevented.

The color wave slide system comprises two color slide carriers, 5 and 6,which are slidable 'or revolvable with respect to one another andtogether or separately with respect to the lens and lamp system, metaldisks being shown in the drawings, although reciprocating carriers may`he employed without departing from my invention. Each disk is providedwith apertures 7, 7, four being the number generally employed. One diskcarries the red, green and violet color slidesin the order named, whileone aperture is left blank, and the other .disk carries the blue, yellowand a duplicate red color slide, one aperture also being left blank. Y05 The color wave slides proper, red, green, violet, blue, yellow andduplicate red, are each secured to the carriers b a stepped ring 7 heldby screws 8 passlng through the carriers, elastic packing washers 9being interposed between the color slides andthe metal to avoid strainsincident to heating and cooling which would otherwise tend to crack thecolor slides. (See Fig. 8).

A stepped shaft 10 is slipped through the color slide carrier hubs as isbest shown in Fig. 5, the violet, green and red carrying disk having alarge bore in the hub litting the larger step which is nearer the stopcollar, the other or duplicate red, yellow and `blue carrying disk has asmaller bore in its hub and fits the reduced diameter of the shaft. Thebearing ends of the shaft which enter the bearings 11 and 12 on theprojector are also of different diameters so that the disks can neitherbe placed on the shaft in the wrong order nor can the assembled disks beplaced in the machine improperly.

In order thateach separate color slide may beaccurately centered in thelens system, spring pressed bolts 13, 13 are mounted in the housing andengage a series of notches 14 on the disk edges so that when the boltsare in notches the color slides are central with the lens system.

As is best shown in Fig. 2 the color wave slides are preferably mountedbetween the condensing lenses.

To avoid color wave leakage from the color wave slide carriers the edges'of the disks 5 and 6 are anged at 15 and 16 so that the color waveslides are enclosed in a lighttight drum as is best shown in Fig. 5. Toreduce color wave leakage further when the projector is in use, two lias17 and-18 are hinged to the projector an close the spaces on top of thecondensers and have vertical wings 17 and 18 covering the parts of thecolor wave slide carrying disks not between the condensers as is bestshown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and l1, the color wave traps being in closedposition in Fig. 3 and the forward one open in Fig. 4. By opening thecolor wave traps the color wave slide disks may be inserted in orremoved from the projector. The lower part of the color wave slidecarrier space and condensers is protected by a permanent color wave trapor shield 19 which opens into a ventilator passage 20 which leads inturn to a blower fan 21 operated by a motor 22; the air is sent into thelamp housing and the condenser housing where the color wave slides areand finally exhausts out of the movable light-proof cowl 23 on the topof the lamp housing and the condenser housing. In practice, the lamp andthe motor are on the same circuit so that the motor runs while the lampis burning, thereby drawing j air over the color wave slides,condensers,

color and light housing and lamp, cooling the parts and avoiding heatbreakage b blowing the heated air out. A similar e ect can be producedby the use of a suction fan, reversing the process.

An iris diaphragm 25 in front of the condensers and color wave slidesmay be used to control the volume of the waves. A lens system 3 ismounted in front of the condensers and color waves slides so thatconverging, diverging and parallel waves may be projected from themachine for treating various areas of the body.

When the projector is to be used in the treatment of diseases, thecurrent is turned on thereby lighting the lamp and starting the blowerfan. The two blank apertures in the slide carriers are centered betweenthe condensers and the light is focused to the desired beam b means ofthe lenses on the areas of the bo y being treated, its intensity belngfurther controlled by the iris diaphragm 25. l

If a single color wave slide is to be used the bolts 13, 13 areretracted and the slide carryinor disks turned until the desired colorwave slide is between the condensers, and the blank or focusing apertureon the other disk is centered between the condensers. Inscriptions arepreferably made on the disk edges indicating the color slide between thecondensers when the bolt engages the marked notch. While I have namedcolors in the following paragraph I am in reality dealing withoscillation frequencies measuring in Angstrom units, red being 7000Angstrom units; orange, 6500 Angstrom units; yellow, 6000 Angstromunits; green 5500 Angstrom units; blue, 5000 Angstrom units; violet,4000 Angstrom units, and so on with other colors.

color wave slide carriers and i It is apparent that the red, green,violet, blue and yellow color wave slides may be used separately. Thefollowing combinations may be produced by using the color wave slidesconjointlyz- Red and yellow produce orange.

Yellow and green produce lemon.

Green and blue produce turquoise.

Blue and violet produce indigo.

Violet and yellow produce purple.

Violet and red produce magenta.

Blue and red produce scarlet.

It is thus apparent that five different color wave slides will enable meto .select twelve separate port-ions of the spectrum for use in thetreatment of'diseases but that the red must be duplicated and be presenton each color wave slide carrier disk to produce this result.

As it is absolutely essential that the separate color wave slidesoseillate in wave lengths to their respective proper positions in thespectrum and when combined the combinations will also produce theirproper wave lengths it is necessary to do this testing and mounting inthe laboratory and to prevent unauthorlzed and incompetent personstampering with or attempting to replace damaged color wave slides. Tothis end, color wave slides are mounted on the flanged sides of thecarriers so that when they are on the shaft they are practically'insidea drum and the screws holding the rings to the carriers have their headsinside this drum. After assembly a hole drilled through the small end ofthe shaft and the disk lock 26 receives a wire and seal so that anytampering with the color wave slides can be at once detected. In eventof damage to one or more color wave slides it is necessary to lift outthe color wave slide carriers as a unit and return them to thelaboratory for the insertion Iof new color wave slides tested andadjusted, matching or attuning Jzhe rest of the set in their properrespective wave lengths.

1. A color wave slide carrier for projection apparatus com rising twoapertured disks, color wave sli es secured to said disks over certain ofsaid apertures, the disks being provided with bearing apertures ofdifferent diameters and a shaft of different diameters, each diameterbeing adapted to engage the appropriate bearing aperture in a isk.

2. A color wave slide carrier for projection apparatus comprising twoapertured disks each rovided with a flanged edge, color wave s idessecured to said disks over certain of the apertures and on the flangedside of the disks, the disks being provided with bearing apertures ofdifferent diameters and a shaft of different diameters, each diameterbeing adapted to engage the appro- 'A prising-a lens system, a colorwave slide` pri-ate bearing in a disk, the disk flanges meeting, wherebthe color wave slides are within the thus ormed drum. Y

`3. A color wave slide carrier for projection apparatus comprisingbearin s of different diameters, two apertured disks, color wave slidessecured to said disks over certain of said apertures, the disks beingprovided with bearing apertures of diierent diameters, and a shaft of-four different diameters, the end diameters engaging the appropriatebearings and the middle diameters engaging the appropriate disk bearingapertures.

4. Color wave projection apparatus' comcarrler comprising a pair of'apertured, notched-edge disks, a shaft on which said disks Vrevolve withthe apertures in' line with the lens system, color wave slides seriercomprising a air of apertured notched- Y edge disks, a sha on which saiddisks revolve with the apertures in' line with the lens system, colorWave slides secured to the disks over certain of the apertures andlocking bolts adapted to enter the disk edge notches when the aperturesare in line with the lens system, the name of the color of the colorwave slidein line with the lens stem beinginscribed on the diskalongside the notch. engaging the bolt. j

In testimony whereof I have aixed my signature. 4 v

. DINSHAH GHADIALI.

